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b10n1cl3k1n6 rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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 Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:14 pm
[o0 yeah, I can't do that so well, but I can pretty much do everything else.]
"Right then. The next stretching exercise is also fairly simple. If you have ever heard of the groin stretch, and know how to do them, then you should be okay...if you do them. Have your feet spread just wider than your shoulders, and lean down to one side, keeping both feet planted on the ground facing forward. You will know you are doing it right if it hurts a little."
[......wtf?! I have no luck. gonk ]
Vence did as instructed, and actually managed to pull it off. Unfortunately, in doing so, half a second later he lost his balance and fell backward.
"Man, this is a pain. I need ot get back into doing these exercises."
"You've done them before?" Gregory asked, intrigued. Vence was doing poorly so far. To think he did these before was hard to believe.
"Yes sir. It's been a long time though. I haven't done these sinse I first started using a sword." That would explain why he was failing, really, he thought to himself.
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dragontamer363 rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:20 pm
[lol poor Vence]
(haha Felix isn't exactly doing well)
Felix winced for Vence and did it hismlef, pulling his legs as far apart as he could go to do it, hoping to redeem hismlef for is iffy stretch before. He pulled over to teh side and gritted his teeth against the inevitable pain.
"ah-" His leg buckled a little and he dropped to one knee. he stood back up and shook his legs, ready to do it again if he would be allowed.
"Sorry, I got a bit optimistic..."
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b10n1cl3k1n6 rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Total: 6 (1-10)
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:33 pm
[Doing better than me. I thought St. Patrick's day is supposed to be lucky. stare ]
"It's quite alright. As I said before, you'll be able to do any of these over, but only once for each. This next exercise is less strenuous on the body. You simply pull your arm over as far to the opposite side as possible. Observe."
Gregory took his right arm, and pulled it across his chest, using his left hand to keep his elbow straight.
"Your shoulder may feel uncomfortable, but that should be all. Both sides should be done."
[6 = passed mrgreen ]
Vence nodded, and did as shown. His arm trembled a little from the stretch, and was relieved to put his arm down. He did this to both arms.
"That was better, I guess," Vence said, relived that this particular exercise was favorable.
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dragontamer363 rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:35 pm
[haha I'm losing odeas of how Felix can sckrew these up...XD]
Felix genrally avoided eye contact with the weapons master as he did the stretches, feeling soemwhat awkwad as they consistantly seemed to come under expectations - or as nearly as possible. He was consumed by these niggling thoughts when he pulled his arm across his chest - and instantly half yelped as a shoting pain dug at his shoudler.
"Argh. Damn, what now?" he huffed, dropping his arm and kneading at his shoulder. The shoudler was the one he had been stabbed through when fighting the Neki-leader, and while he thoght it had healed up it obviously had some deeper issues that needed time.he tentatively managed ot do it with the otehr arm.
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b10n1cl3k1n6 rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Total: 2 (1-10)
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:46 pm
[Ooh, I forgot about the stab wound. Nice reference. 3nodding ]
Gregory glanced at Felix with slight concern. It should not have hurt that much, unless he had hurt that shoulder deeply before. If that was the case, it was an excuse. Vence did them easily enough.
"One more, before we take a short break. The same concept, except you pull your arm behind your head. Your hand should rest easily on the opposite shoulder blade."
[....damn. I fail.]
Vencetried to pull his arm ack, but only managed to place his hand to the other side of his neck, before it pained him. And a lot of pain decided to be brought up.
"aarrg," Vence groaned, clenching his teeth. What really happened, was that he had stretched a scar a little too far. He was lucky he didn't stretch it any further, or it might have torn open a little.
"I hate this right now," Vence groaned, massaging his side.
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dragontamer363 rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Total: 5 (1-10)
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:47 pm
With his shoulder still twinging, Felix started off with the other arm for pulling it back. Genrally his hairspikes got in the way and he wasn't keen to overstretch it and set his other shoulder off again, so he did a fairly minimal stretch. he treid with his bad shoudler gently and was greeted by the same twinge, so slacked off again.
"sorry." he mumbled.
he looked over at Vence, worried for him
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:03 pm
Gregory nodded, accepting the apology.
"You have a short break. It's obvious that you both have at least one disabilitating injury, and/or you have not been stretching often of late. I'll give you some credit on that note. Still, I'm surprised at what I have seen so far. I would recamend taking this time to prepare for the next set of stretches."
"Yes sir," Vence said, walking over to the wall for some shade. He sat down, actually trying to to pull his arm over his head again. He worked slowly at it, though, so as to not open his old wound.
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:08 pm
Felix nodded and sagged a little with a sigh. He walked upto Vence - walking on hsi toes again- and leant on the wall next to him.
"well that was embarassing."
He said, poking roughly at his stabscar, trying to ilicit some more pain from it. he then stubbornly started rotating that arm in as any various directiosn he could, gritting his teeth when it hurt him, but not stopping.
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:11 pm
"Very. I should have figured this would happen," Vence said, putting his arm down again. He decided it was best to go with Gregory's advice, and attempted to do some stretches while sitting down. As expected, he was in poor condition. Why had he not made a habit out of doing at least some stretches?
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:19 pm
"Well nevermind, not like we can help it." Felix said, his voice straining a little as he tried to repeat the stretches that had caused him so much trouble before. "we'll have to work harder at the other stuff, if we can."
he grunted and moved to doing the leg streches agin, more gently this time.
"It just annoys me, you know? I used to be able to work through anything - I mean i'd be working for a few days straight without sleep and with the damn drow badgering us and I could still drag those rocks around or throw my pickaxe around or whatever. Then it coems to a couple of strteches and I fold like a baby."
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:29 pm
Vence grinned. "the negative side of freedom. I could probably use some good hard work."
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:32 pm
Felix laughed.
"Yeah. This swanning around fighting the occasional bad guy is a lazy life I suppose. We need to get out working in some fields or mines or something." he smiled, feeling a bit better now it was more lighthearted.
"I just hope that it doesn't reflect too badly on us. We don't really know how we did on that quiz yet."
He finsihed re-stretching and looked out to the training yard, eager to continue nd try and redeem himself.
"Maybe if we promise to work harder even on our time off he might overlook it."
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:53 pm
"Maybe, but I can't place my hope on that. This guy seems pretty strict," Vence shrugged, and stood up, ready for the next set.
"Let's just do our best, even if it hurts us."
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:54 pm
Felix smiled and nodded.
"Got it. I refuse to have us walk away from this."
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:44 pm
[BTW, what's your opinion on the dice roll idea? The bad scores are making me think it's flawed xd ]
Vence nodded in agreement, and walked back to where he last stood.
"Ready?" Gregory asked. Vence nodded, Felix standing beside him now.
"Good. For the next stretches, you may be pleased that they are to be performed while sitting down. Please, sit down." Gregory noticed Vence give a small sigh, apparently of relief, as he sat down on the ground cross-legged
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